Monday, August 29, 2011

Et Tu, Marco's?

Shocker! It appears that Marco's is closed. Wow. They've been there forever. And by "forever" I mean around 20 years. I've been there several times and it was always good.

Of course, I could be mistaken about this. They could be remodeling or something. There's no "for lease" sign up. But restaurants don't usually paper up their windows without some sort of explanatory signage. Heck, even Dope Burger eventually posted a sign. Well, this is a rather sudden thing. You'll have to imagine a Belltown without Marco's.

Seattle is quite a beautiful city, no doubt about that. The Belltown neighborhood doesn’t swing that way. Much of it is downright hideously ugly. If not for all that ugliness, there’d be nothing to see. I’ve lived here for 20 years and I’ve only just started taking notice. Please join me on this odyssey of unsightliness as we try to figure out why poor Belltown looks so bad.